Trellix Database Security

Organisations also face growing threats from both external attackers and internal users. Threat actors target databases through misconfigurations, exploits, and unpatched vulnerabilities, while privileged users, contractors, and insiders may accidentally or intentionally access data in ways that violate policy. Without dedicated visibility into database activity, these risks often go undetected until damage is done.

Trellix Database Security provides this protection. It delivers real-time monitoring, vulnerability detection, exploit prevention, and compliance support across leading database platforms – helping organisations safeguard their most valuable data assets.

Trellix Database Security at a Glance

Trellix Database Security is an enterprise-grade platform designed to protect sensitive data across both modern and legacy database environments. It provides a dedicated security layer that monitors database activity, detects vulnerabilities, prevents exploits, and supports regulatory compliance across a wide range of database platforms.

By combining real-time activity monitoring, automated vulnerability assessment, virtual patching, and sensitive data discovery, Trellix strengthens database security without disrupting existing operations. The platform protects databases that are fully patched, partially patched, or unable to be patched due to legacy applications or operational constraints.

Ascent Technology is an authorised reseller of Trellix Database Security, helping organisations evaluate, license, and deploy the solution effectively across diverse and evolving database estates.

Trellix Core Capabilities

Database Activity Monitoring (DAM) gives organisations detailed insight into how users and applications interact with their databases. Trellix captures every query and transaction in real time, including privileged-user activity, and analyses this behaviour against security policies and behavioural baselines.

This allows security teams to detect insider misuse, compromised credentials, unusual access patterns, and policy violations that traditional logging cannot reveal. Trellix DAM also supports active enforcement, enabling organisations to block or restrict operations when required.

Vulnerability Manager
Automatically scans database environments to identify vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, weak permissions, and outdated versions. Issues are prioritised based on risk, with clear remediation guidance to help teams improve security posture across complex estates where patching may be inconsistent.

Virtual Patching
Applies real-time protective rules that block exploit attempts against known and unknown vulnerabilities. This is particularly valuable for databases that cannot be patched immediately – or at all – due to legacy applications or operational constraints.

Sensitive Data Discovery & Classification
Discovers and classifies sensitive or regulated data within supported databases, helping organisations understand where critical information resides. This visibility strengthens governance, risk assessments, and compliance reporting.

Compliance Support & Reporting
Provides audit-ready reporting and dashboards covering activity logs, access patterns, policy violations, and remediation actions. These insights support regulatory compliance, incident analysis, and ongoing database governance.

Key Benefits of Trellix Database Security

Trellix Database Security delivers several important benefits that help organisations strengthen protection, improve visibility, and support compliance across their database environments:
 

• Enhanced visibility into database activity – Gain clear insight into how users, applications, and privileged accounts interact with sensitive data, enabling faster detection of unusual or high-risk behaviours.
• Stronger defence against internal and external threats – Detect insider misuse, compromised credentials, exploit attempts, and policy violations in real time – improving your ability to identify and respond to security incidents.
• Reduced risk in legacy and unpatched environments – Virtual patching and automated vulnerability scanning protect databases that cannot be updated immediately or at all due to legacy applications or operational constraints.
• Improved compliance readiness – Audit-ready reporting and detailed activity logs support regulatory frameworks and internal governance requirements, reducing the effort needed to prepare for audits.
• Lower operational burden on security and DBA teams – Automation reduces manual monitoring and remediation work, allowing internal teams to focus on strategic initiatives rather than routine oversight.
• Consistent protection across diverse database platforms – Apply unified security policies and monitoring across SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL, and other database technologies.

Typical Scenarios Where Trellix Adds Value

Examples of scenarios where Trellix Database Security adds value include:
 

• Organisations with legacy or unpatched databases – Environments that rely on older database versions or applications with limited patching windows benefit from virtual patching and ongoing vulnerability awareness.
• Enterprises with diverse or complex database estates – Trellix applies consistent security policies and monitoring across SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL, and other database technologies, simplifying governance in heterogeneous environments.
• Organisations with elevated insider-risk exposure – Industries with high staff turnover, extensive contractor access, or sensitive data requirements can detect and prevent misuse through detailed activity monitoring.
• Businesses operating in regulated sectors – Financial services, healthcare, government, and other regulated industries can strengthen audit readiness and meet compliance requirements through enhanced visibility and reporting.
• Teams with limited database-security resources – Security and DBA teams that are stretched thin gain a powerful platform that automates monitoring, scanning, and activity analysis.
• Organisations migrating to cloud or hybrid environments – Trellix provides consistent security across on-premises databases and cloud-hosted platforms, supporting transitions without increasing risk exposure.

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How Trellix Works

Trellix Database Security operates through a structured workflow that strengthens protection, improves visibility, and reduces risk across the database estate:
 

• Discover and classify sensitive data – Trellix scans supported databases to identify sensitive, regulated, or high-value data, providing the foundation for policy enforcement and risk assessment.
• Analyse vulnerabilities and misconfigurations – The platform automatically detects outdated versions, weak permissions, insecure configurations, and other issues that increase risk exposure.
• Monitor database activity in real time – All activity – including privileged-user actions – is captured and analysed against defined security policies and behavioural baselines.
• Detect and respond to threats – Trellix identifies unusual or high-risk behaviour, insider misuse, compromised accounts, exploit attempts, and policy violations.
• Apply virtual patching to protect unpatched systems – Exploit-prevention rules block malicious operations against known and unknown vulnerabilities, even when databases cannot be patched immediately.
• Generate compliance-ready reporting and insights – Dashboards and audit-ready reports support regulatory compliance, incident investigations, and ongoing governance.

Purchasing Trellix Through Ascent Technology

Ascent Technology is an authorised reseller of Trellix Database Security, providing organisations with guidance on selecting the appropriate licensing model and product components for their environment. We help customers evaluate their database landscape, understand Trellix’s deployment requirements, and determine the configuration that best aligns with their security and compliance objectives.

By purchasing Trellix through Ascent, organisations benefit from a partner that understands both the technology and the underlying database platforms it protects. Our consultants ensure that the chosen licensing approach supports current operational needs and can scale as the database estate evolves.

Ascent’s Professional Services for Trellix

Deploying Trellix Database Security effectively requires an understanding of both the platform and the diverse database technologies it protects. Ascent Technology provides specialist services to ensure that Trellix is implemented correctly, aligned with organisational requirements, and configured to deliver maximum value.

Our consultants assist with architecture planning, deployment, configuration, and integration into your broader security and compliance ecosystem – including SIEM, IAM, monitoring, and governance tools. We help establish appropriate policies, tune the platform for your environment, and provide guidance on interpreting alerts, vulnerabilities, and behavioural insights.

By combining Trellix’s advanced capabilities with Ascent’s deep database and security expertise, organisations gain a fully operational solution that strengthens protection, improves visibility, and supports ongoing governance.

How Trellix Powers DB Shield

DB Shield is Ascent Technology’s managed Database Security and Compliance service, built on the Trellix Database Security platform. While Trellix provides the underlying technology, DB Shield delivers the operational expertise needed to monitor activity, interpret alerts, manage policies, and support ongoing governance.

Through DB Shield, Ascent operates Trellix on your behalf – reviewing activity insights, assessing vulnerabilities, guiding remediation, and ensuring that security and compliance requirements remain aligned with organisational needs. This service is particularly valuable for teams with limited capacity or environments that require regular oversight and policy management.

By combining Trellix’s advanced capabilities with Ascent’s managed service model, DB Shield helps organisations maintain a well-governed and continuously improving database security posture.

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If you require ongoing monitoring and governance support, learn more about our managed Database Security and Compliance service, DB Shield.

Also See

> Why Database Auditing Is No Longer Optional
> Database Security and Compliance Service

Documentation

• Trellix Database Security (140 KB)